"Piracy these days on PC is probably less problematic than second-hand sales on the Xbox," says lead Fable III combat designer Mike West. "I've been working on PC games for many years and piracy is always a problem. There are a lot of honest people out there as well, and if they like your game they'll buy it." Thanks joao.

So what if a book degrades over time? So does the frickin' game CD. Is the book still readable even if it's tattered? Yep. Is it any less enjoyable? Nope. Same for the media the game comes on.

Books have a useful life time of at least a few decades, whereas the game and the system it was written to run on might last ten years if extremely well cared for

Ug. I've done used books. I tend to read either in bed or on a couch, i.e. intimate places. Know what I usually find in used books? Hair. Coffee stains. Boogers. Do I want random people's hair/coffee stains/boogers in bed with me? No. So I tend to buy new.

Do you get these on DVDs? Nope. Do game DVDs degrade in any way? Not really, they're either playable or not. Is your console an intimate place? Nope. Do you look at your DVD often enough to care about its condition? No, you just throw it in the machine.